Definition that contains tonal language
- tone (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- chad a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
- sino-tibetan the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
- niger-kordofanian language the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
- sino-tibetan language the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
- chadic language a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
- chadic a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
- niger-kordofanian the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)